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Breastbane

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Sternum
Poseetion o sternum in human (shawn in reid).
Posterior surface o sternum.
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Identifiers
LaitinSternum
TAA02.3.03.001
FMA7485
Anatomical terms o bane

The sternum (frae Greek στέρνον, sternon, "chest"; plural "sternums" or "sterna") or breastbane is a lang flat bany plate shaped lik a caipital "T" locatit anteriorly tae the hert in the centre o the thorax (chest).